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Note

NOTE: AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION REQUIRES TWO-THIRDS APPROVAL IN EACH CHAMBER OF CONGRESS, AND RATIFICATION BY THREE-FOURTHS OF THE STATE LEGISLATURES WITHIN SEVEN YEARS OF THE DATE THE AMENDMENT WAS SUBMITTED.

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Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote on a constitutional amendment to clarify that neither the U.S. nor the individual states can establish an official religion and that the people's right to pray or recognize their religious beliefs on public property shall not be infringed.

Highlights:

Allows the public to pray and recognize their religious beliefs on public property.

Bars the U.S. and the individual states from establishing an official religion.